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FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area
322 postings · 238 companies · 224 state pay: median $202,000, half $160,000–$237,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$207,000–$300,000
Senior Software Engineer - AI, CoCounsel FDE
San Francisco, CA · Frisco, TX · +7 moreSan Francisco, CA +8Hybrid
$118,400–$253,000
$150,000–$200,000
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Forward Deployed Engineer III, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · +5 moreSan Francisco, CA +6
$174,000–$252,000
$180,000–$220,000
$195,000–$225,000
Pay not posted
$207,000–$300,000
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$180,000–$237,000
$180,000–$300,000
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Mountain View, CA · New York, NY · +2 moreMountain View, CA +3
$152,000–$221,000
$191,475–$260,830
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
East Palo Alto, CA · Boston, MA · +3 moreEast Palo Alto, CA +4
$143,700–$223,600
$180,000–$250,000
$200,000–$375,000
$130,600–$147,000
$120,000–$200,000
Forward Deployed Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$140,000–$180,000
Pay not posted
$136,000–$155,000
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Engineer (Model Customization and Optimization), AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Boston, MA · Seattle, WA · +3 moreBoston, MA +4
$143,700–$213,800
Pay not posted
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer (U.S. Government / IL5)
San Francisco, CA · Los Altos, CASan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$130,000–$170,000
Applied Researcher - Forward-Deployed RL
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Remote
$150,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +8 moreSan Francisco, CA +9Hybrid
$150,000–$180,000
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
San Francisco, CA · Gallup, NMSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
Forward Deployed Solutions Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Denver, CO · +2 moreSan Francisco, CA +3Hybrid
$88,000–$181,000
$120,000–$200,000
$125,000–$200,000
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$110,000–$140,000
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area pay?
224 of 322 postings state a pay range. The median is $202,000, and half of them sit between $160,000 and $237,000, from 161 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area require?
Of 322 postings, 142 state a minimum number of years, from 118 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 87 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (37), 6 to 9 years (14) or 10 or more years (4).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area?
These 322 postings come from 238 companies. The employers with the most postings are Google (7), OpenAI (7), Sierra (6), Accenture (5) and Salesforce (5).
Are FDE jobs that build what the customer runs for individual contributors in SF Bay Area remote?
22 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 89 are hybrid and 149 are on-site. The remaining 62 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 120 of the 322 postings.
Counted over the 322 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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